Estradiol derivatives



3,130,210 Patented Apr. 21, 1964 United States Patent ent and represent hydrogen, hydroxy, methoxy and acyl- 3,130,210 my and Z represents halogen. ESTRADIGL DERIVATIVES Oskar P. Wintersteiner, New Brunswick, and Mildred L. R R

Moore, Highland Park, N.J., assignors to Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, New York, N.Y., a corpo- 5 ration of Virginia No Drawing. Filed Nov. 14, 1962, Ser. No. 237,741

14 Claims. (01. zeta-397.4) This invention relates to and has as its objects, the provision of new physiologically active steroids, methods for preparing the same, and new intermediates useful in said l preparation.

The final products of this invention can be represented R:R "(H3000 Ha "CHSCOO by the formula 15 l l R R R l pm plfi W 2 R -z R -z M 11 g 0 g R!!! m IIIa R:R:CH:;COO; IVa R:R:CHaCOO;

Zzhalide (Cl,Br,I,F) R: H;

zza-halide (Cl,Br,I,F) IV?) R' nsoo0;

:a wherein R is acyloxy, R is hydroxy or acyloxy, R may 1V6 f ifi flg g be hydrogen, halogen (chloro, bromo, 1odo or fluoro), RIIZBCHSCOO; hydroxy or acyloXy and R may be hydrogen, hydroxy, Iva gig 91 C00 a lower alkoxy or acyloxy. In a preferable embodiment R":aCHsCOO; of this invention, R and R are acyloXy, R" is hydroxy, acyloxy or halogen, and R' is lower alkoxy or acyloxy. In the most preferable embodiment of this invention, R, l R, R" and R" are acyloxy. (Whenever in this application and the claims appended hereto a curved line 40 R R is employed in the linkage of atoms in a formula, it is I meant to denote that the connected atom may be either in the alpha or beta position, as may be determined in the respective compounds.)

The preferred acyloxy radicals are those of hydrocarbon carboxylic acids of less than twelve carbon atoms, as exemplified by the lower alkanoic acid (e.g., acetic, pro- W R" pionic, butyric and tert.-pentanoic acids), the lower alkenoic acids, the monocyclic aryl carboxylic acids (e.g., 0 benzoic and toluic acids), the monocyclic aryl lower al- R kanoic acids (e.g., phenacetic and B-phenyl propionic V11 'aC 0; acids), the cyclic alkane carboxylic acids and the cyclo- E 5 5 alkene carboxylic acids. VIb R R':CE [3C0O;

The compounds of this invention are physiologically active steroids which possess anti-gonadotrophic activity, V10 R R'=CH3Coo; i.e., they inhibit gonadotrophic hormone secretion by supfini f gfg pressing the gonadotrophic function of the hypophysis, VIII aC and they can be used in the treatment of such conditions 5 2555 as hypo-gonadotrophic acne. The compounds may be formulated for such administration, the concentration We 2 P and/ or dosage being based on the activity of the particular compound and the requirements of the patient. VII :55 ggl gw The final products of this invention are prepared by the H processes of this invention which entail a number of steps VIg 5 2 8 beginning with certain materials as initial reactants. H These initial reactants are compounds which are known VIh 512E588? to the art and include, for example, 6-keto-estra-3,17fi- E'L EQ gE diol diacetate and 6-dehydroestra-3,17/3-dio1 diacetate. R 6H The steps of the processes are shown by the following g fig n equations, wherem R R" and R' are the same or difier- In the first step of the process of this invention, the initial reactant, 6-dehydroestradiol diacetate (Compound Ila) is oxidized, as by treatment with peroxide, dioxane and perchloric acid, and is simultaneously halogenated, as by reaction with a haloacetamide, for example, N-bromoacetamide, to yield 6fi-hydroxy-7a-haloestradiol diacetate (Compound IVa), which is a new compound of this invention.

Alternatively, 6-ketoestradiol diacetate (Compound Ia) may first be halogenated as by treatment with a halogen and/ or a hydrohalic acid, for example, hydrobromic acid, to produce 6-keto-7u-haloestradiol (Compound IIIa) which is a new compound of this invention. 6-keto-7ahaloestradiol (Compound IIIa) is then reduced, as by reaction with sodium borohydride or lithium boro-hydride, to yield 6a-hydroxy-7u-haloestradiol diacetate (Compound IVb), which is also a new product of this invention. In order to obtain the 3,6,17-triacetyl-7a-halo-estradiol derivatives (Compounds We and IVd) of the corresponding 6-hydroxy products (Compounds Na and IVb), the 6-hydroxy compounds are acetylated as by treatment with an acylating agent, such as acyl chloride or acid anhydride, in the presence of a base, for example, pyridine, to yield the corresponding 3,6,l7-triacetyl derivatives (Compounds We and Na) which are also new compounds of this invention.

T o obtain the 65,7{3-oxidoestradiol diacetate (Compound Va) the 6fi-hydroxy-7a-haloestradiol diacetate Compound IVa) is treated with potassium tert.-butoxide. The 63,7;3-oxidoestradiol diacetate is also anew product.

The 6,8,7fi-oxidoestradiol diacetate (Compound Va) is then hydrolyzed with perchloric acid and the resulting 6,7-glyol treated with an acetylating agent in a basic medium, such as pyridine, to yield the 3,6a,7,8,l7-tetraacetate of the tetrol (Compound VIc), which is also a new product of the instant invention. Alternatively, this compound (VIc) can be obtained from the bromhydrin IVa (z Br) by treating the latter with aqueous potassium carbonate, and acetylating the resulting afle-dihydroxy estradiol 17-monoacetate (VId) (formed via the oxide Va) with an acetylating agent such as acetic anhydride in the presence of an acid catalyst such as p-toluene sulfonic acid. The stereoisomeric 3,6,8,7a,l7-tetrol tetraacetate (VIh) may be obtained by treating 6a,7a oxidoestradiol diacetate with perchloric acid in acetone and acylating the 6B,7a-dihydroxyestradiol diacetate (Compound VIi) obtained, by treatment with an acylating agent in a basic medium. Compound VIh is also a new product of this invention.

To obtain the 6-alkoxy derivatives (Compounds VIf and VIg), the two stereoisomeric 6,7-oxido estradiols diacetates (Compound Va) and its 6a,7a-stereoisomer are treated with perchloric acid and an alcohol, such as methanol or ethanol. The 6-alkoxy-7-hydroxyestradiols are also new products of this invention.

The following examples are illustrative of the invention (all temperatures being in centigrade):

EXAMPLE 1 409.6 mg. of 6-ketoestradiol diacetate (Ia) is dissolved in 20 ml. ethyl acetate, added to 250 mg. of prereduced platinum dioxide in 23 ml. ethyl acetate, and shaken with hydrogen at atmospheric pressure. When the uptake of hydrogen ceases, the catalyst is removed by filtration and the solution is evaporated to dryness in vacuo. The residue (420.7 mg.) crystallizes as plates from ethyl acetatehexane, yielding 341.1 mg. of 6,8-hydroxy estradiol diacetate (Via) which melts at 161-l62 (corr.);

A53 215 ma (e=9700), xii? 267 m (e=502), 275 m Analysis.-Calcd. for C H O C, 70.94; H, 7.58. Found: C, 70.58; H, 7.87.

4 EXAMPLE 2 6a-Hydroxy Estradiol Diacetate (Vlb) 1.0029 g. of -ketoestradiol diacetate is dissolved in 400 ml. reagent methanol, magnetically stirred and cooled to 0 C. 1 g. of sodium borohydride is dissolved in 100 ml. reagent methanol, cooled to 0 C., then added dropwise under anhydrous conditions to the solution of the ketone. After 15 minutes, the reaction mixture is acidified to about pH 5 with cold 10% acetic acid and diluted with 1.5 1. H O. The mixture is extracted with three 750 ml. portions of ether. The combined ether extracts are washed with sodium bicarbonate and twice with H 0, and then dried over sodiumsulfate. The residue, after the removal of the solvent in vacuo is 1.0389 g.

Chromatography of the residue on acid washed alumina yields about 481.5 mg. of slightly impure 6a-hydroxyestradiol diacetate (VIb) in the ether-benzene 1:3 eluates. Two crystallizations from ethyl acetate-hexane give 334.3

mg. of the pure compound (VIb) which melts at 128 129.5 C. (corr.);

xii 263 m (e=658), A222,

(6 644); [0:113 +64 (ch1f.) Analysis.Calcd. for C H O C, 70.94; H, 7.58. Found: C, 70.97; H, 7.59.

EXAMPLE 3 6fi-Hydr0xy-7a-Br0m0estradiol Diacetate (lVa) To a solution of 101.4 mg. of 6-dehydroestradiol diacetate (Ila) in 5 ml. of pure peroxide-free dioxane and 0.63 ml. of 0.5 N perchloric acid is added in the dark at room temperature with stirring over a period of two minutes 50 mg. of solid N-bromacetamide. After forty minutes 0.24 ml. of 5% sodium sulfite is added with stirring until potassium iodide-starch paper is no longer blued. Water is added and the turbid mixture is extracted with 50 ml. of chloroform. The residue from the washed and dried chloroform solution weighs 163.8 mg. and crystallizes as rods from methanol yielding 80.2 mg. of 6,8-hydroxy-7a-bromoestradiol diacetate (1Va), which has the following properties: M.P. 186-487 C. (corn), ln

A322, 268 m (6 585), 276 mu (6:572) Analysis.Calcd. for C H O Br: C, 58.55; H, 6.03; Br, 17.71. Found: C, 58.44; H, 5.88; Br, 18.19.

EXAMPLE 4 6-Ket0-7a-Br0moestradiol Diacetale (Illa) A stirred solution of 45.2 mg. 6 8-hydroxy-7a-bromoestradiol diacetate (Na) in 6 ml. of reagent acetone is treated dropwise with a 1 ml. solution of 0.402 N chromic acid in sulfuric acid and acetone. (A solution of 20 g.

of chromium trioxide in 17.4 ml. of concentrated sulfuric A 212 m (E=20,500), 258 my (=10,790), 307m max.

(6:2,283); [0:] 15 (chlf.) Analysis.Calcd. for C H O Br: C, 58.80; H, 5.61. Found: C, 59.06; H, 5.90.

EXAMPLE 5 6-Ket0-7a-Br0moestradiol Diacetate (Illa) 248 mg. of 6 -ketoestradiol diacetate is dissolved in 15 ml. of glacial acetic acid and 2 drops of 0.65 M bromine 267 my. (6 760), 275 m AEOH 25g my. e=11,190 305 m (6:2338) 0.11) 16 max.

Analysis.Calcd. for C H O Br: C, 58.80; H, 5.61. Found: C, 58.70; H, 5.73.

EXAMPLE 6 6cz-Hydroxy-7a-Bromoestradiol Diacetate (lVb) 32.3 mg. of 6-keto-7a-bromoestradiol diacetate is dissolved in ml. of methanol and cooled to 0 C. This solution is treated dropwise under anhydrous conditions with a 0 solution of 32.7 mg. of sodium borohydride in 6 ml. of methanol. After 15 minutes, the reaction mixture is acidified to about pH 5 with about 5 ml. of 10% acetic acid and is diluted with 60 ml. of cold water. Extraction with ether, which is then Washed with sodium bicarbonate solution and water and finally dried over sodium sulfate yields 32.1 mg. of crude 6a-hydroxy-7abromoestradiol diacetate (IVb). This residue is then crystalized twice from ethyl acetate-hexane yielding 19.2 mg. of 6a-hydroxy-7a-bromoestradiol diacetate (IVb), which melts at 169-171.5 C. (corn);

A223? 267 m (6:607), 275 m (6:566); [04 +29 (ohlf.)

EXAMPLE 7 6B-Hydroxy-7a-Bromoestradiol Tn'acetate 51.7 mg. of 6 3-hydroxy-7a-bromoestradiol diacetate 40 (Na) is dissolved in 0.35 ml. anhydrous pyridine and 0.7 ml. acetic anhydride, and the mixture is allowed to stand at room temperature over-night. The excess acetic anhydride is decomposed by the addition of cold water. The precipitate formed is collected and washed well with water. Then it is twice crystallized from dilute methanol yielding 42.4 mg. of fifi-hydroxy-h-bromoestradiol triacetate (IVc).

Similarly, by substituting other acid anhydrides or acyl halides for the acetic anhydride of Example 7, the corresponding 6 esters are formed. Thus, butyric anhydride and benzoyl chloride will yield the corresponding butyryl and benzoyl esters of 6,8-hydroxy-7a-bromoestradiol 3,17-

diacetate.

' EXAMPLE 8 6a-Hydr0xy-7a-Br0moestradiol Triacetate (IVd) Following the procedure set forth in Example 7 but substituting c hydroxy 70c bromoestradiol diacetate (VIb) for 6B-hydroxy7a-bromoestradiol diacetate (IVa) yields 6a-hydroxy-h-bromoestradio1 tn'acetate (IVd).

EXAMPLE 9 6 a-H ydroxy-Estmdiol Diacezate (VI b 34.0 mg. of 6Bhydroxy-h-bromoestradiol diacetate (Na) is dissolved in 2 ml. of 90% ethanol and added to a suspension of 35 mg. of hydrogenated 5% palladium on calcium carbonate in 1 ml. of 90% ethanol. The hydrogen uptake ceases after 3 hours when the equivalent of one mole has been consumed. The catalyst is filtered off and the ethanol is removed in vacuo. The residue is dissolved in chloroform, washed twice with Water, and dried over sodium sulfate. After the removal of the solvent in vacuo, 28 mg. of residue is chromatographed on a thin layer of neutral alumina.

water and then dried over sodium sulfate.

Development with chloroformethyl acetate, 24:1 and elution of the bands with ethyl acetate yields 17.8 mg. of impure 6a-hydroxy estradiol diacetate (Vlb) which after two crystallizations from ethyl acetate-hexane yields pure 6a-hydroxy-estradiol diacetate (Vlb), which melts at 128-130 C. (corn);

A 261 m (6:562); A 268 m (6:705); 276 my (6 660); 0.11, +60 55h Analysis.Calcd. for C I-1 0 C, 70.94; H, 7.58. Found: C, 71.16; H, 7.73.

EXAMPLE l0 613,7,8-0xid0estradi0l Diacetate (Va) 285 mg. of 6B-hydroxy-7a-bromoestradiol diacetate (War) is dissolved in 7 ml. of dry t-butanol and is treated at room temperature with 1.93 ml. of freshly prepared 0.49 K-t-butoxide in t-butanol. After 30 minutes 250 ml. of ether is added and the mixture is washed twice with The residue weighing 238.9 mg. is crystallized from methanol, yields a mixture of the monoacetate and diacetate of the oxide (Va).

The acetates are separated by chromatography on a thin layer of neutral alumina. A portion of the mixture is put on a plate and developed with chloroform-ethyl acetate, 4:1. The UV. absorbing bands are eluted with ethyl acetate-methanol, 9:1. The 6 3,7;8-oxidoestradiol diacetate (Va) is crystallized from dilute methanol and yields 75.8 mg. of pure 65,7[3-oxidoestradio1 diacetate (Va); M.P. 124-1255 C. (corn);

f 215 m (6:6,510), A212 272 m (6:736), 278 m (6 791); X5? 287 m (6:354); [0:1 61 (chlf.) Analysis.-Calcd. for C H O C, 71.33; H, 7.08.

Found: C, 71.23; H, 6.91.

EXAMPLE 11 6a,7[3-Dihydr0xyestradi0l T etraacetate (VIc) 21.1 mg. of 6,3,75-oxidoestradiol diacetate is dissolved in 5 ml. of 50% ethanol. A drop of 70% perchloric acid is added and the mixture is heated under reflux for 15 minutes. It is then diluted with Water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate is washed with dilute sodium bicarbonate and water and is dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The amorphous residue after the removal of the ethyl acetate in vacuo is dissolved in 0.1 ml. of anhydrous pyridine and 0.2 ml. of acetic anhydride and is heated for one hour in a water bath at C. The acetic anhydride is decomposed with water. An ethyl acetate extract of the mixture, after being washed with dilute sodium bicarbonate, water, dilute hydrochloric acid and water, and dried over sodium sulfate, is twice crystallized from ethyl acetate-hexane yielding 10.5 mg. of 6u,7/3-dihydroxyestradiol tetraacetate (VIc), melting at 214.5216.5 (corn);

Aft 215 m (6:10,360); X512? 267 m (6:795), 274

my (6:743); [a1 1 (chlf.) Analysis.-Calcd. for C H O C, 66.08; H, 6.83. Found: C, 65.76; H, 6.78.

EXAMPLE l2 6 a,7,8-Dihydr0xyestradiol-1 7-M0n0acetate Vld) 44.9 mg. of 6fi-hydroxy-7u-bromoestradiol diacetate in 2 ml. of methanol is flushed with nitrogen and then is treated with 0.2 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium carbonate which had previously been flushed with nitrogen. After one hour glacial acetic acid is added and the mixture is diluted with Water. The 6a,7[3-dihydroxyestradiol-17-monoacetate (VId), weighing 33.4 mg. obtained by evaporation in vacuo of a washed and dried ether extract is noncrystallizable;

Riff 282 m (6:2,150); [0:1 +30 (chlf.)

Analysis.Calcd. for C H O C, 69.34; H, 7.57. Found: C, 69.36; H, 7.58.

7 EXAMPLE 13 6e,7,8-Dihydroxyestradi0l T etraacetate (VIc) A mixture of 63.6 mg. of 6rx,7;3-dihydroxyestradiol 17- monacetate and 96.4 mg. of p-toluene sulfonic acidH O in 3.6 ml. of acetic acid and 1.25 ml. of acetic anhydride is allowed to stand at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture is poured into crushed ice and dilute sodium carbonate and is extracted with ether. The residue from the washed and dried ether, weighing 78.2 mg., is twice crystallized from ethyl acetate-hexane yielding 60:,75- dihydroxyestradiol tetraacetate (VIc), melting at 215.5- 216.5 C.; e A222? 260m 595); 267 m (5:780), 276 mp (e=723); [011 2 (dioxane) Analysis.-Calcd. for C H O C, 66.08; H, 6.83. Found: C, 65.76; H, 6.78.

EXAMPLE 14 7,8-Hydroxyestradiol Vl e A solution of 100.4 mg. of 6,9,75-oxidoestradiol diacetate (Va) in 6 ml. of dry tetrahydrofuran is added slowly to a saturated solution of lithium aluminum hydride in 2 ml. of ether and 20 ml. of tetrahydrofuran and then heated under refiux'for 6 hours. The excess lithium aluminum hydrideis destroyed by adding ethyl acetate dropwise and the reaction mixture is distributed between 100 m1. of ethyl acetate and 100 ml. of water. 2 N hydrochloric acid is added, until the flocculent precipitate in the water is dissolved, before the layers are separated. The residue from the washed and dried ethyl acetate weighing 74.5 mg. crystallizes from methanol. (a minimum amount) and ethyl acetate yielding. 44.2 mg. of 7B-hydroxyestradiol (Vle) melting at 237-238 C. (corn);

Analysis. ,Calcd. for C H O C, 74.97; H, 8.39. Found: C, 74.92; H, 8.49.

EXAMPLE 15 6u-Meth0xy.-7,6-Hydr0xy Estradiol Diacetate (Vlf) 42.8 mg. of flflfi-oxidoestradiol diacetate is dissolved in 15 ml. of reagent methanol containing 0.053 ml. of 70% perchloric acid. After the optical rotation of the solution is read ([11] l4), a saturated solution of sodium bicarbonate is added to neutralize. The methanol is removed'in vacuo and the residue from the washed and dried chloroform extract.weighing 42.3 mg. is twice crystallized from ethyl acetate-hexane yielding 6a-methoxy-7fi-hydroxy estradiol diacetate (VIf), melting at 176.5177.5 C. (corn);

213 my. (e=10,010), 219 mp (=8,600); x323 267 my. (6 563), 273 m (6 527) [a1 18(dioxane) Analysis.Calcd. for. C I-1 0 C, 68.63; H, 7.51; OCH' 7.71. Found: C, 68.82; H, 7.79; OCH 7.35.

Similarly, substituting ethanol or propanol for the reagent methanol of Example 15, the 6a-ethoxy-7B-hydroxy estradiol diacetate and 6u-propoxy-7fi-hydroxy-estradiol diacetate is obtained.

EXAMPLE 16 6fi-Meth0xy-7a-Hydr0xy Estradi0l-3,17-Diacetate (Vlg) 32.2 mg. of 6oz,7oc-OXidO6St1'adi01 diacetate is dissolved in 10 ml. of reagent methanol containing 0.04 ml. of 70% perchloric acid. After the optical rotation of the solution is determined ([oz] +36), a saturated solution of sodium bicarbonate is added to neutralize the reaction mixture. The methanol is removed in vacuo and the residue from the washed and dried chloroform crystallizes on standing in dilute methanol as 6fi-methoxy-7a-hydroxy estradiol- 3,17-diacetate (VIg) melting at 79-86 C. (corr.);

A223? 267 my (e=580); [0:1 +25 (dioxane) Analysis.Calcd. for C H O OCH 7.71. Found:

OCH 7.79.

EXAMPLE 17 65,7a-Dihydr0xyestradiol Diacetate (Vli) 29.8 mg. of 6u,7a-oxidoestradiol diacetate is dissolved in 20 ml. of 50% acetone containing a drop of 70% perchloric acid and is heated under reflux for 15 minutes. The residue obtained by evaporation'in vacuo of a washed and dried ethyl acetate extract of the diluted reaction mixture is twice crystallized from ethyl acetate-hexane yielding 16.7 mg. of title (VIi) melting at l70171 C. (corn);

15:, 215 1111.1 (e -9,430); A 267 my (6:571), 275 mp (6 551); 0.11) +16 (disxane) ,Analysis.-Calcd. for C H O Found: C, 68.02; H, 7.26.

EXAMPLE 18 6 6,7u-Dihydr0xyestradiol-Tetradcetate (Vlh) )fii 214 mu (6:12 330); A 269 m (6:737), 276

my (G-L-GQO); [a1 +68 "31311 Analysis.-Calcd. for C H O Found: C, 66.29; H, 6.72.

EXAMPLE 19 7fi-Hydroxy Estradiol Triacetate (VIj) To astirred solution of 30.3 mg. of 7/3-hydroxy estrone in 9 ml. of methanol is added a solution of 60.4 mg. of sodium borohydride in 3 ml. of water. After 3 hours at room temperature the excess sodium borohydride is decomposed With 10% acetic acid and 15 ml. of water is added to the reaction mixture which is then twice extracted with 20 ml. portions of ethyl acetate. The residue from the washed and dried ethyl acetate is crystallized from ethyl acetate yielding 22 mg. of 7fi-hydroxy estradiol melting at 238.5239.5 C. (corr.).

Following the procedure set forth in Example 7, but substituting 7fi-hydroxy estradiol obtained in Example 19, for 6,8-hydroxy 7a-bromoestradiol diacetate (IVa) yields 7B-hydroxy estradiol triacetate (VIj).

This invention may be variously otherwise embodied within the scope of the appended claims.

What isclaimed is:

1. A compound of the formula wherein each R is acyloxy; R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and-halogen; and R is selected 1 from the group consisting of hydroxy lower alkoxy and acyloxy; wherein the acyl radical is of a hydrocarbon 4. 6B-hydroxy-7a-ha1oestradio1-3,17-diacetate. carboxylic acid of less than twelve carbon atoms. 5. 6-keto-7a-haloestradiol-3,17-diacetate.

2. A compound of the formula 6. 6a-hydroXy-'7u-ha1oestradio1-3,17-diacetate.

7. 713-hydroxy-estradio1-3,17-diacetate. 8 9

R, 5 7B-hydroxy estradiol.

. 6oc-1OW61' alkoxy-7B-hydroxy estradio1-3,17-diacetate. 10. 6,8,7a-dihydroxyestradiol-tetraacetate. 11. 6a,7}8-dihydroxyestradiol-tetraacetate. 12. 6/8-hydroxy-7a bromoestradiol, 3,17-diacetate. 10 13. 6a-hydroXy-7a-bromoestradiol, 3,17-diacetate. R, MR, 14. 6-1oWer a1koXy-7-hydr0Xy estradiol, 3,17-diacetate.

wherein each R is selected from the group consisting of References Clted m the file of thls Patent hydroxy and acyloxy, wherein the acyl radical is of a UNITED STATES PATENTS hydrocarbon carboxylic acid of less than 12 carbon atoms. 15 2,418,603 Schwenk et a1 Apr. 8, 1947 3. 718-hydroxyestradi01, triacetate. 2,921,064 Ringold et a1 Jan. 12, 1960 

1. A COMPOUND OF THE FORMULA 